SUPPLY CHAIN ARTICLES
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![GettyImages-96831350]( "“To Thine Own [mRNA Product] Be True:” Shakespeare's Guide To RNA GMP Principles")
“To Thine Own [mRNA Product] Be True:” Shakespeare's Guide To RNA GMP PrinciplesIn the following article, I offer some of the biggest tips and tricks experts offered during a panel discussion on the challenges of navigating GMP principles in the RNA space today — with a little bit of help from Shakespeare himself.
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![iStock-1095134748]( "Therapeutic Oligonucleotides: Regulations & Quality Standards")
Therapeutic Oligonucleotides: Regulations & Quality StandardsOligonucleotides have surfaced in the past few years as promising therapeutic agents to treat diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, respiratory disorders, cancer, and diabetic retinopathy. This article recaps a recent USP workshop where participants from regulatory agencies, industry, and academia gathered to discuss best practices and perspectives.
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![Utility teamwork-GettyImages-2211320040]( "From Misinformation To Medicine: Forging Bipartisan Support to Reverse Anti-mRNA Policy")
From Misinformation To Medicine: Forging Bipartisan Support to Reverse Anti-mRNA PolicyIn this article, I’ll share some of the progress AMM has made and the barriers the organization/our industry is still facing in our efforts to reverse the policy decisions that have been made against mRNA today. Throughout the panel, the speakers also shared their thoughts on the types of messaging we should be considering and/or have started to see making an impact.
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![GettyImages-157649364]( "Picasso, Pick-Up Lines, & Personalized Medicine: mRNA's Path Forward")
Picasso, Pick-Up Lines, & Personalized Medicine: mRNA's Path ForwardOverall, my presentation on what the mRNA industry can learn from the artist Picasso singled out a few specific areas from which I felt our industry could garner greater inspiration and operational prowess. But given how “collaborative” many of these sources of inspiration are, I’ve introduced each of my takeaways with a surprisingly relevant (albeit bad) art-themed pick-up line. After all, if there’s one sector that knows it takes more than one to “tango,” it’s the mRNA industry.
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![comic art style speech-GettyImages-1342084200]( "“Holy T7 Polymerase, Batman!”: R&D Considerations For More Awe-Inspiring xRNA")
“Holy T7 Polymerase, Batman!”: R&D Considerations For More Awe-Inspiring xRNAIt goes without saying we have some pretty ambitious therapeutic goals for linear mRNA and next-gen saRNA and circRNA. However, as my conversation with Koeris explored, we still have a lot of scientific and technical work/innovation ahead of us to make our RNA products “stronger” (in more ways than one).
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![iStock-997784670-selection-chain]( "Biomanufacturing Capacity Crunch: It's The Supply Chain's Fault")
Biomanufacturing Capacity Crunch: It's The Supply Chain's FaultWhat's behind the protracted biopharma manufacturing capacity crunch, when will it end, and what are manufacturers doing to keep supply on track? During Biotech Week in Boston ad BioProcess International, CDMOs and sponsors weighed in.
SUPPLY CHAIN VIDEOS
Explore a state-of-the-art GMP facility focused on CRISPR based Cell and Gene therapies with helping temperature controlled warehouse and multiple synthesis suites.
Achieving cost-effective manufacturing while maintaining high quality standards today is one of the biggest challenges facing companies outsourcing mRNA/RNA development. In turn, panelists Qian Ruan, Andy Geall, and Alex Aust reflect on how and where they’ve seen the costs of mRNA-LNP manufacturing evolving/fluctuating in recent years.
In response to an audience poll question gauging which cGMP materials have proven the most difficult to source, our speakers provide additional clarity around which IVT & LNP-related materials today are more “commoditized”.
There remain a lot of gaps in our understanding of plasmid quality, particularly for high-quality mRNA production (as opposed to viral vector production). In this segment of a recent Advancing RNA Live panel, speakers Adi Nair, Tyler Goodwin, and April Sena highlight their biggest questions around plasmid DNA quality, as well as the pros and cons of some of the analytical methods upon which we’re relying most heavily today to assess plasmid quality.
ARTICLES, APP NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & WHITE PAPERS
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![Synthego sgrna bucket]( "CRISPR sgRNA For Successful Gene Editing: Discovery To Clinic")
The single guide RNA (sgRNA) is one of the key components of successful CRISPR gene editing. Here we cover all the important aspects of sgRNA and Synthego’s sgRNA products.
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![Scientists laboratory pipette GettyImages-621351044]( "Eliminating Antibiotic Resistance Gene Transfer Risks In CGTs")
Learn about the drawbacks of antibiotic resistance that can cause side effects in patients and how an antibiotic-free approach can ease the burden of regulatory compliance and accelerate development.
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![GettyImages-1297146235-dna]( "Review Of mRNA Vaccines & Therapeutics Manufacturing Challenges: Plasmid DNA Manufacturing")
This review suggests technical remedial options for the production of pDNA and focuses on mRNA synthesis, purification, and encapsulation.
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![GettyImages-1059548518 global conntection]( "The Key To Improving Global Supply Chain Resilience")
Explore the past, present, and future of supply chain security, ways the biopharma industry can secure supply chains and minimize risks, and more.
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![GettyImages-1317697233-cancer-t-cells]( "A Novel RNA Lipid Nanoparticle Platform: Gene-Edited CAR T Cells For Off-The-Shelf Cancer Therapy")
We report on the use of a novel lipid nanoparticle (LNP) reagent in a validated protocol to achieve successful complex gene editing in primary T cells with high efficiency while maintaining high cell viability.
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![GettyImages-1284041821 asian vaccine]( "Revolutionizing Patient-Centric Supply Chains To Improve Vaccine Access")
Transparent collaboration and innovation are essential to establishing an infrastructure that supports more agile business models and empowers widespread vaccine access.
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![iStock-879831370-plasmid-lab-cell]( "Pre-Banking And Avoiding Manufacturing Challenges For GMP Plasmids Containing Unstable Sequence Regions")
Ensuring consistent replication and proper retention of plasmid DNA sequence is vital to the economics and efficiency in generating starting materials used for production of AAV delivered gene therapy and mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.
